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Hey bdtex

write on said:
We haven't see you in a while. Are you still alive and kicking?
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Been popping in and out for a peek but that's about it. 88 year old father had a stroke last week. On hospice care now. The family has been with him in shifts. I expect today, maybe tomorrow, will be the last day.

Thanks for checking on me.
 
bdtex said:
Been popping in and out for a peek but that's about it. 88 year old father had a stroke last week. On hospice care now. The family has been with him in shifts. I expect today, maybe tomorrow, will be the last day.

Thanks for checking on me.
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Damn, I hate to hear that about your father. I hope his passing will be peaceful.

He and you are in my thoughts.
 
write on said:
My condolences, bdtex.

I'll bet you and he lived a great life as father and son!
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Visitation was Thursday night, funeral and graveside service was Friday. He's survived by his wife(my stepmom) who is 82, a brother, 3 kids, 5 grandkids and 17 great-grandchildren. For better or worse, you're chatting with the patriarch of my paternal family now. My father was a much more successful businessman and investor than me. I have some work to do with his estate. His wife has Alzheimer's and is in memory care and my brother is very functional special needs. There are lifetime testamentary trusts for them with significant funds that he tasked me to manage.
 
bdtex said:
Visitation was Thursday night, funeral and graveside service was Friday. He's survived by his wife(my stepmom) who is 82, a brother, 3 kids, 5 grandkids and 17 great-grandchildren. For better or worse, you're chatting with the patriarch of my paternal family now. My father was a much more successful businessman and investor than me. I have some work to do with his estate. His wife has Alzheimer's and is in memory care and my brother is very functional special needs. There are lifetime testamentary trusts for them with significant funds that he tasked me to manage.
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Good luck with the estate, it's been over a year and haven't gotten Dads finished yet.
We have something now in common, I'm the patriarch of my family as well and have several family members that I hadn't seen or heard from in years active now with their hands out and no fruit in the basket for them and they whine and don't understand I didn't write the Will.
 
bdtex said:
Visitation was Thursday night, funeral and graveside service was Friday. He's survived by his wife(my stepmom) who is 82, a brother, 3 kids, 5 grandkids and 17 great-grandchildren. For better or worse, you're chatting with the patriarch of my paternal family now. My father was a much more successful businessman and investor than me. I have some work to do with his estate. His wife has Alzheimer's and is in memory care and my brother is very functional special needs. There are lifetime testamentary trusts for them with significant funds that he tasked me to manage.
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Sounds like a challenging time ahead for you. Sending good vibes your way for it to go as smoothly as possible. I am sorry it’s all on you to handle.
 
Dawg said:
Good luck with the estate, it's been over a year and haven't gotten Dads finished yet.
We have something now in common, I'm the patriarch of my family as well and have several family members that I hadn't seen or heard from in years active now with their hands out and no fruit in the basket for them and they whine and don't understand I didn't write the Will.
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Wow…I have had to deal with the death of many wonderful family members on my side as well as on my husbands side. Never had an issue with hands out. Thankfully….
Perhaps being the caretaker for several of those family members made it easier in some ways. It is never easy…
 
TBLee said:
Sounds like a challenging time ahead for you. Sending good vibes your way for it to go as smoothly as possible. I am sorry it’s all on you to handle.
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Thank you so much for your kindness. I have been reminding myself each day to be grateful, to thank God each day and praise him for his works.
 
bdtex said:
Visitation was Thursday night, funeral and graveside service was Friday. He's survived by his wife(my stepmom) who is 82, a brother, 3 kids, 5 grandkids and 17 great-grandchildren. For better or worse, you're chatting with the patriarch of my paternal family now. My father was a much more successful businessman and investor than me. I have some work to do with his estate. His wife has Alzheimer's and is in memory care and my brother is very functional special needs. There are lifetime testamentary trusts for them with significant funds that he tasked me to manage.
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It takes about two years for estate things to get worked through. My husband has had to handle the estates of his step mom and then with his own mom. It takes time.
 
I am sure you will be up to the task, it is never easy but your background will help a lot I am sure. I say it a lot, this website is not a way of life but an outlet.
 
bdtex said:
Visitation was Thursday night, funeral and graveside service was Friday. He's survived by his wife(my stepmom) who is 82, a brother, 3 kids, 5 grandkids and 17 great-grandchildren. For better or worse, you're chatting with the patriarch of my paternal family now. My father was a much more successful businessman and investor than me. I have some work to do with his estate. His wife has Alzheimer's and is in memory care and my brother is very functional special needs. There are lifetime testamentary trusts for them with significant funds that he tasked me to manage.
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You've got a lot on your plate four sure, but Your father knew what he was doing by establishing a trust instead of you having to go through probate.
 
bdtex said:
The trusts were created in his will. Have to probate. That's not so bad. I'm a real estate and probate lawyer.
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Of course. I've had to go thorough probate when I was the executor of and estate and learned that having a trust made probate so much easier.
 
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